Restaurants in Worcester
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Boulevard Diner
Reason enough to live in Worcester, this old dining car looks much like it did in 1936. Experience red Formica tables, dark wooden booths, old iceboxes and a big painting of a yellow-jacketed dude who has long stared from the doorway. Food-wise, enjoy eggs, plus a menu of Italian specialties including meatballs, veal and eggplant parmesan. Wistful memories of fabulous grapenut custards haunt college students’ dreams decades after leaving Worcester.
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Annie’s Clark Brunch
On the edge of Clark University’s campus, this greasy spoon attracts students, professors, neighborhood Joes and a gravedigger. Nearly everyone dining here is on a first-name basis with Annie, the proprietor so connected with the community that Clark University recently awarded her an honorary degree. Inside, find dusty pictures of regulars from the last 20 years and an eyebrow-raising number of pigs.
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George’s Green Island Diner
Inside this spare diner, sit at the counter to behold the world’s eighth wonder: a grill in constant use that never dirties. Just how George Army’s spatula cooks up all that meat, egg and potato without a stain remains a mystery, but you’ll be too distracted by kielbasa and liver and onions to notice. It’s in a tough-looking Irish neighborhood. Coffee costs 55¢!
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Corner Lunch
Here, you’ll find a sweet prefab built by DeRaffelle in the 1950s. The exterior contains plenty of silvery metal panels and a big neon sign. Inside, there are fries, club sandwiches, meatloaf and eggs. While the food is bland, the seating is not – it’s a patchwork of duct tape and glittery gold Naugahyde.
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Lucky’s Cafe
Inside a sprawling brick manufacturing complex begun in 1831, this modest joint’s remarkable soups (white bean escarole with tomato) would cost twice as much in another city. A loyal lunch crowd fills the dozen tables, though weekend BYOB dinners (pork chops, Portuguese fish stew) have recently been added.
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Sano Café
An offshoot both physically and philosophically of the Living Earth food store, this tiny café has a menu featuring healthy fare. Everything, including the meat, is as organic as possible. Eat nori, smoothies, fresh juice combinations, beef and lots of vegan stuff.
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Sole Proprietor
Overlook the cheesy name and head under the neon marquee for fresh, honest seafood at moderate prices in an upscale, linen-clad dining room. Eat lobster, Dijon and horseradish bluefish, maple-glazed scallops and ocean catfish with bok choy and parmesan crust.
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One Love Café
Fill up on organic Jamaican and West Indian food at this cozy, art-filled hole-in-the-wall. Depending on your appetite, you can get ‘big tings’ or ‘likkle tings.’ Try the pungent escoveitched porgies (fish in a spicy vinaigrette) and hot jerk.
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Coney Island Hot Dog
A giant neon fist grips a wiener dripping yellow neon mustard in the six-story sign outside this 1918 Worcester institution. Inside, eat dogs in an eerily quiet, cavernous space chock-full of wooden booths carved with generations of graffiti.
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